Chapter 39 - Banquet

After a while, Yang Tian and Biao Zheng Long left on their car. Biao Zheng Long gave Yang Tian a stack of documents containing detailed reports on Hong Nian Zi. It also included a picture of her.
Yang Tian looked at the picture and it pique his interest. The woman was a beauty and she looked very attractive. Yang Tian felt a shame that she was married. He then read the documents.

Hua Shi Yin, commonly called Hong Nian Zi, was the daughter of Hua Qi and a mistress. Her mother passed away when she was little. Even as a child, she had natural leadership skills and was a very proud person. Hua Qi also had a son but he only liked to indulge himself so she handled small affairs for the organization.

Her marriage was arranged by Hua Qi and was initially devoid of love. However, the relationship between the couple was surprisingly good, at least from the outside looking in.

The documents also contained some of her achievements and couple of miscellaneous facts. Yang Tian didn't pay too much attention to them.

- Hua Qi only let her be in charge of smaller affairs so he's not exactly trusting of her. Stuck in an arrange marriage yet putting up a harmonious front, such bullshit.

After a bit of contemplation,  Yang Tian set aside the documents. He had understood Hua Shi Yin somewhat, this woman was very cunning.

As the car entered the metropolitan are, it headed to the Tian Hai restaurant, it seems that every major event was being held at this place. As the pulled up to the restaurant, Yang Tian exited and said to Biao Zheng Long:

- You go on ahead, I've some stuff to tend to, I'll call you when I'm done.

Biao Zheng Long didn't say anything, bowed and led his men in. Yang Tian head to a small alley and after proceeding deep inside, entered a small cafe at the end.

The interior was a bit dark with only a dim light. There was only one employee behind the counter and an old man sitting in a dark corner. Yang Tian approached and sat down at the same table, asking:

- You deliberately radiate your presence to call me here, I hope this is important.

The elder laughed and praised him:

- You are very powerful, I've only leaked a bit of my power and an early Golden Core can't possibly detect it. It seems that the report about you are very accurate.

- No need to be talkative, just say what you want, I have things to do.

The elder knew this and didn't beat around the bush:

- I am from the Hidden Dragon Island. I am here on the order of the Island Lord to make sure that the Blood Devil Sword doesn't fall into the hand of the Devil Sect.

Yang Tian was now convinced that the Blood Devil Sword was not as simple as he thought. Even though it was a very good magical artifact, it wasn't worth all of this effort by the Devil Sect.

- It seems that the Blood Devil Sword is not as simple as I thought.

The elder nodded:

- The Island Lord didn't specify but I could tell the Blood Devil Sword contains a very big secret.

- This I know. Don't worry, I won't let the Blood Devil Sword fall into the hands of the Devil Sect.

The elder saw Yang Tian's powerful cultivation and was at ease. He reminded him before he left:

- The Heavenly Mountain Saintess and the Dark Lady are all here, so my presence is redundant. I'll take my leave. I've heard that one of the two vice leader of the Heaven Slayer is on their way here.

Yang Tian frowned:

- How do you know that they are here for me?

The elder smiled:

- To be able to make the vice leader of Heaven Slayer to personally act, aside from yourself I can think of no other. I'm guessing that you have killed people from the Eighteen General so that's why the vice leader is moving in personally.

- Thank you for the warning, I know how to deal with this.

- I only know that this vice leader is a woman. She has great mastery over poison arts. The rest is up to you.

After that, the old man disappeared. Yang Tian also left. The old man's cultivation was only at late Foundation Establishment but he handled things very carefully and discreetly.

He conveniently let Yang Tian owe him one, although it was an unecessary one, Yang Tian did still owe him. He walked back to the Tian Hai Restaurant and called Biao Zheng Long.

Biao Zheng Long at this time was drinking with Hua Shi Yin. She had an elegant demeanor and looked at Biao Zheng Long apathetically:

- Boss Biao sure surprised all of us. Out of the middle of nowhere you took over the 3 Southern province. It sure was eye opening.

Biao Zheng Long said humbly:

- It's nothing much, I'm still very lacking compare to Boss Hua back in the day.

Hua Shi Yin didn't say anything further and Biao Zheng Long couldn't guess what she was thinking. He heard his phone ringing and saw that it was Yang Tian, Biao Zheng Long answered:

- Young master.

- I am at the entrance, come and guide me up.

- I will be down shortly.

He turned to Hua Shi Yin:

- My apology, I need to go down and greet a friend.

Hua Shi Yun nodded:

- I also have to attend to the other guest.

Looking at Biao Zheng Long's departing figure, Hua Shi Yin sneered:

- So he finally arrives.

Although Hua Shi Yin invited a lot of high ranking officials to this banquet, its true purpose was to meet the person behind Biao Zheng Long. She had done her homework and while Biao Zheng Long's skills wasn't bad, it was far from enough to monopolize the 3 Southern province. Be it management skills, personal strength or financial backing, he all fell short compare to the Dark Wolf Gang.

Not to mention that the people behind the Dark Wold Gang was the Li Clan. Biao Zheng Long shouldn't have stand a chance. However, not only did he win, the Li Clan didn't respond to this at all.
The implication was clear, the person behind Biao Zheng Long was very powerful and even the Li Clan wasn't his match. One must know that the Li Clan is one of the top 3 clans in the country. Hua Shi Yin was dying to know where this behemoth came from. If she could cooperate with him then her vengeance might actually be fulfilled.

Seeing Biao Zheng Long approaching, Yang Tian asked:

- What do you think about this banquet?

Biao Zheng Long thought for a bit then said:

- It's not the Hongmen Banquet¹ but I don't think it's just a banquet to recruit the various powers out there.  I feel that they are still aiming at us in the end.

Yang Tian nodded, he vaguely felt that this banquet was aimed at him. However he wasn't too sure. Yang Tian followed Biao Zheng Long inside. 

Stepping into the place, Yang Tian felt a lot of eyes on him. After all, a person worthy of Biao Zheng Long's personal greeting was bound to have a high stature. Yang Tian whispered to Biao Zheng Long:

- No need to attend to me, I don't want to draw too much attention.

Biao Zheng Long nodded and the two separate. Yang Tian grabbed a glass of wine and stood in the corner, observing the entire room.

He originally wanted to observe for a bit but there were several people trying to make acquaintance straight away:

- Greetings, I am Chu Wu, my father is Chu Ah, the director of the police department here in Qing Lin District.

- I am...

Why he was annoyed that a lot of people were approaching him, Yang Tian responded cordially:

- I am Yang Tian.

Before anyone could say anything else, Yang Tian heard someone calling him:

- Yang Tian!

Qin Xue happily approached him. She didn't think that Yang Tian would also be here. She didn't want to be here but her father insisted that she get a change of scenery. As soon as she got here, she was surrounded by a sea of young masters so Qin Xue was feeling very annoyed. Her mood brightened as she saw Yang Tian and approached him.

Yang Tian also didn't think that he would see Qin Xue here. It made sense when he thought about it. She was the young miss of the Qin Clan and a banquet of this size cannot exclude the Qin Clan.

Yang Tian mood instantly brightened. He originally thought that this banquet was going to be very boring but with Qin Xue here, the situation could not be better.

He also waved to Qin Xue:

- Xue-er, I'm over here.

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1. More on that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_at_Hong_Gate. TLDR: A banquet designed to settle a power struggle.↩

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